Show I Stand By r Your our Health Officers loT o The Health Department of a modern city has become something more than a political organization It is now highly organized and andis andis andis is just as effective in fighting disease and preventing epidemics as Fire Department is in preventing fire losses In cities where the Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign has been conducted for several years the Health Department has achieved results that are almost beyond belief Some of these cities which were formerly unsanitary and often swept by now noted for thir low mortality rate a The most stubborn problems of many health officers are flies flics and mosquitoes It is a known fact that fever epidemics have been started by mosquitoes while the common housefly is is' isa a carriel carrier carrier car car- rier riel of the germs of smallpox scarlet fever and other deadly diseases Spasmodic campaigns ns of swa swatting ting the fly give only temporary relief The Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign destroys the breeding breed breed- ing places of flies and ami mosquitoes It is doubtful if the Health Depart Department ent of any city is powerful powerful power power- ful enough alone to eradicate these pest breeding places It has neither the men nor the resources to go into the vacant lots anc and back backyards ards and banish tin cans and little pools where mosquitoes breed or to clean out the filth piles where the fly propagates Therefore the Health Department of every very city has a real opportunity opportunity op op- to secure the publics public's cooperation in doing these things through the local Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign thus making the city more sanitary achieving new records for efficiency and anc saving thousand thousands of precious lives The health officers of our city are calling on you pu to help them make this department of city government per cent efficient efficient- and you ou should help |